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Lesson 5

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4. Choose Arrange menu > Align > Top Edges.

The Last Name field moves until it aligns with the top of the First Name field.

Tip You can click in the layout bar to display the Align palette, which gives you quick access to

alignment commands.

5. Drag the Last Name field label above the Last Name field.

6. Drag the First Name field label above the First Name field.

7. Experiment with the Align commands and arrow keys on your keyboard to align the field labels with each

other and their respective fields.

Tip If you make mistakes while designing layouts, you can click Revert in the layout bar to discard any

unsaved changes, then start again.

Your layout should look similar to the following when you are finished.

8. Click Save Layout, then Exit Layout in the layout bar to see your results in Browse mode.

Add a field

After a field has been defined in a table, you can display it on any layout based on that table. In the sample

database, there are defined fields that are not on this layout. You will add one of these fields now.

Note You can also place fields from other tables on your layouts, as explained in lesson 10.

1. Click Edit Layout.

2. Click the Field tool in the status toolbar and drag the new field under the Date Paid field.

Field tool

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